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Tom Harkin: I thought there was no controversy on the sense-of-the-Senate resolution that the Senate and the Congress and the…

On the recordSeptember 5, 2002
I thought there was no controversy on the sense-of-the-Senate resolution that the Senate and the Congress and the President act promptly to address these inequities on the Medicare repayment, of which the Senator from Idaho has been a very strong proponent for a long time. I thought we were going to have a vote on it. I don't understand why we are not voting on this today.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Addressing the need for a vote on Medicare repayment inequities.

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